Geoffrey K Nelson
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 174836 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Geoffrey K Nelson |
| PRENOMES | Geoffrey K |
| SOBRENOME | Nelson |
| ASSINATURA | NELSON G K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Birmingham College of Commerce |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1968 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2011 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Cults, New Religions and Religious Creativity
The twentieth century has been marked by an unprecedented outburst of religious activity on a world-wide scale, and in particular by a mushrooming of numerous religious movements. This work, first published in 1987, takes a fresh approach to the understanding of this phenomenon, an approach which takes into account new concepts of human nature and of religion
Alternative Medicines
A Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978)
G. K. Nelson, A Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978), Review of Religious Research, Vol. 21, No. 1, Theory and Policy (Autumn, 1979), pp. 108-109
Towards a Sociology of the Psychic
Social science and the British Association
Spiritualism and Society
Geographical Mobility and Religious Behaviour
The Membership of a Cult
Communal and Associational Churches
Dépossession et besoins à l'origine des groupes religieux
This paper examines the theories of H. Richard Niebuhr and of Charles Glocn and Rodney Stark in which they attri bute the origin of religious groups to deprivation. It is argued that deprivation is an inadequate explanation for the origin and survival of religious groups and that a theory based on human needs is required. Religion may be seen, in certain circumstances, as a substitute activity in that it provides a vicarious substitute for the sa…
Spiritualism and Society
Spiritualism and Society
Sociology of Religion
The Spiritualist Movement and the Need for a Redefinition of Cult
The need for a refined concept of cult emerged as the result of an attempt to analyse the Spiritualist movement in terms of the church-sect typology. Previous definitions of cult also appear inadequate when applied to the analysis of Spiritualism. This paper argues the need for a refined concept of cult, and proposes a definition of cult in terms of one basic criterion-that cults are religious movements which make a fundamental break with the rel…
The Concept of Cult
The Spiritualist Movement and the Need for a Redefinition of Cult
The need for a refined concept of cult emerged as the result of an attempt to analyse the Spiritualist movement in terms of the church-sect typology. Previous definitions of cult also appear inadequate when applied to the analysis of Spiritualism. This paper argues the need for a refined concept of cult, and proposes a definition of cult in terms of one basic criterion-that cults are religious movements which make a fundamental break with the rel…
Spiritualism and Society
Towards a Sociology of the Psychic
The Concept of Cult
Geographical Mobility and Religious Behaviour
Social science and the British Association
The Membership of a Cult
Communal and Associational Churches
The Concept of Cult
The Spiritualist Movement and the Need for a Redefinition of Cult
The need for a refined concept of cult emerged as the result of an attempt to analyse the Spiritualist movement in terms of the church-sect typology. Previous definitions of cult also appear inadequate when applied to the analysis of Spiritualism. This paper argues the need for a refined concept of cult, and proposes a definition of cult in terms of one basic criterion-that cults are religious movements which make a fundamental break with the rel…
Spiritualism and Society
Spiritualism and Society
Sociology of Religion
Communal and Associational Churches
Dépossession et besoins à l'origine des groupes religieux
This paper examines the theories of H. Richard Niebuhr and of Charles Glocn and Rodney Stark in which they attri bute the origin of religious groups to deprivation. It is argued that deprivation is an inadequate explanation for the origin and survival of religious groups and that a theory based on human needs is required. Religion may be seen, in certain circumstances, as a substitute activity in that it provides a vicarious substitute for the sa…
The Membership of a Cult
Geographical Mobility and Religious Behaviour
Spiritualism and Society
Towards a Sociology of the Psychic
Social science and the British Association
A Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978)
G. K. Nelson, A Comment on Pilarzyk's Article "The Origin, Development and Decline of a Youth Culture Religion" (RRR, Fall, 1978), Review of Religious Research, Vol. 21, No. 1, Theory and Policy (Autumn, 1979), pp. 108-109
Alternative Medicines
Cults, New Religions and Religious Creativity
The twentieth century has been marked by an unprecedented outburst of religious activity on a world-wide scale, and in particular by a mushrooming of numerous religious movements. This work, first published in 1987, takes a fresh approach to the understanding of this phenomenon, an approach which takes into account new concepts of human nature and of religion
Sociology (15 obras) · Philosophy (11 obras) · Religion and Society Interactions (10 obras) · Epistemology (6 obras) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (6 obras) · Medicine (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 obras) · Religious studies (4 obras) · Social science (4 obras)